Covered in Mud... A "Miraculous 5-Year-Old" Rescued After 60 Hours

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There was another piece of news that turned despair into hope. A 5-year-old child buried under building rubble was rescued after a staggering 60 hours.

Reporter Kwon Min-kyu met Manisha, the miraculous child.

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Rescue workers reach their hands through the shattered building debris, and soon, a mud-covered young child reveals her face.

This is the moment when 5-year-old Manisha was rescued after a full 60 hours in the Timure region of northern Rasuwa, Nepal, which was struck by massive floods.

Only Manisha was rescued, leaving the survival status of her parents unconfirmed, but the SBS reporting team met Manisha and her family at a hospital in the capital city of Kathmandu.

At the moment when a massive debris flow swallowed the village, Manisha's mother was away at work, and Manisha's father was harvesting coriander in a field behind their house.

Manisha had been left alone at home when the massive debris flow engulfed the village.

[Gita Uchai Magar / Manisha's Mother: I tried to look for my child, but I couldn't find her. I even saw missing persons posters, but with no news, I gave up. But when I came to Kathmandu, they told me they found Manisha.]

Although her left arm is fractured and her entire body is covered in wounds, Manisha—who brought hope to Nepal as well as the whole world—is now receiving treatment and recovering while hugging a teddy bear.

[Gita Uchai Magar / Manisha's Mother: Manisha loves looking at smartphones. Even now, she keeps saying she wants to go home quickly and look at her smartphone. It all washed away in the flood, so we bought her a teddy bear instead.]

At the hospital where Manisha is hospitalized, 71 injured patients, including two children, are receiving treatment.

[Kali Prasad Aryal / Hospital Public Relations Officer: This is not just a problem for Nepal, but a global problem. We need support. We also need support from South Korea.]

Global interest and assistance are desperately needed for the people of Nepal to ensure swift damage recovery.

(Camera: Seol Chi-hwan, Kang Si-woo | Video Editing: Lee So-young)
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